Picture-exhibitor.



N0. 687,456. Patented Nov. 26, 190:;

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PICTURE EXHIBITOR.

(Application filed 66'. 1a, 1901.

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GEORGE W. GILES, OF GARFIELD, WASHINGTON.

PICTURE-EXHIBITOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 687,456, dated November 26, 1901.

Application filed January 16, 1901. Serial No. 43,516. (No model.)

7 T ctZZ w/oom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. GILES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Garfield, in the county of Whitman and State of Washington, have invented a new and useful Picture-Exhibitor, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combination furniture; and it has for its object to provide an article that may be used to hold sheet-music, may be used as a desk, and which will include means for holding photographs in such manner as to permit them to be presented successively for exhibition.

A further object of the invention is to provide an arrangement of the parts such as will permit of a compact device, and, furthermore,

to provide a simple and efficient construction of photograph-holder wherein photographs of different sizes may be held and may be adjusted in their relative positions.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be evident from the following description.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a front elevation showing the complete device. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the device or article of furniture. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the endless-belt arrangement to receive the photograph-holders. Fig. 4 is a detail section through one ofthe photograph-holders.

Referring now to the drawings, the present article of furniture includes an exterior casing comprising a bottom 5, a back 6, and sides 7 and 8, the lower portions of the latter being extended forwardly to form the side portions of a music-cabinet 9, the back of which is formed by a vertical partition 10, which lies parallel with the back 6 and is spaced forwardly therefrom to form a compartment 11. The top of the musiccabinet is shown at 12, and this top forms also a portion of a desk, the back or partition 10 extending above this top to form the back of the desk, and at the upper end of the partition is secured a transverse piece 13, forming the top of the desk. Above the portion 12,

disposed pigeonholes l4, and to the front edge of the portion 12 is hinged a lid 15, which when raised, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, closes the desk and when lowered to rest on the slidable supports 16 forms a continuation of the table of the desk. The music-6abinet below the top 10 is provided with shelving 17 of any convenient arrangement. At the bottom of the compartmcut,between the portions (land 10, there is journaled a roller 18, while a second roller 19 is journaled vertically over the roller 18 and parallel therewith. At each end of the rollers 18 and 19 there are disposed two spaced belts 20 and 21, to which are attached the photograph-holders Each photograph-holder consists of a transverse plate or wooden strip 20, to the lower edge of which is attached a metal plate 21, which is bent forwardly and upwardly into hook shape, and through the end portions of this plate or strip 20 there are formed perforations 22, through which are passed headed bolts 23, disposed to lie with their heads against the front face of the plate or strip and with the stems thereof passed between the belts at the corresponding ends of the rollers 18 and 19. Clamping-nuts 24, engaged with the stems of the bolts, lie against the inner faces of the belts and act to clamp the strips or plates 20 tightly against the belts. When the nuts are loosened, the strips may be raised or lowered, and the several strips attached to the belts may be thus adjusted relatively to each other. The plate 21 is adapted to receivethe lower edges of a series of photographs, while the upper edges thereof are held in. similar hook-shaped plates 25, which are attached to the upper edge of a second transverse strip 26,

which is disposed against the front face of the strip 20. This strip 26 has'countersunk transverse slots 27 therein, through which are engaged clamping belts or screws 29, the heads thereof lying in the countersinks of the strip 26and the stems passing through the slots and engaged with the rear strip 20. When these screws are loosened, the strip 26 may be adjusted over the face of the strip 20, thus to adjust the receiving-plates 21" and 25 to correspond to different heights of photo graphs. With this construction it will be seen that the holders themselves may be adjusted to receive photographs of different heights, While the several holders may be properly spaced to give the best appearance.

The roller 18 has a crank at one end of its spindle and lying exteriorly of the casing and through the medium of which the roller may be rotated to operate the belts, and thus move the holders.

The upper portion of the casing is provided with transparent doors 31, through which the photographs may be viewed as they are successively presented by rotation of the rollers.

It will be further noted that the several parts of the structure are compactlyarranged, so that while each performs its severalfunc? tions with efliciency they occupy little space and the three articles consume little more space than would one alone with the usual construction of that individual article.

In practice modifications of the specific construction shown may be made and any suitable materials and proportions may Joe used for the various parts without departing from the spirit of the invention.

WVhat is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a photograph-exhibitor comprising upperandlower rollers, spaced belts disposed in pairs at the ends of the rollers, means for rotating the rollers for feeding the belts, and holding devices disposed against the outer faces of the belts and having clamping-bolts passed therethrough and between the belts of each pair,

said bolts having nuts for impingement against the inner faces of the belts to hold the holding devices against movement longitudinally of the belts.

2. In a device of the class described, an eX hibitor including spaced supporting-rolls, spaced belts upon the rolls, holding devices disposed transversely of the belts, and attaching devices carried by the holding devices,

said attaching devices being passed between adjacent belts and having clamping means for clamping the belts against the holding devices.

3. In a device of the class described,an exhibitor including supporting-rolls, spaced belts upon the rolls,and holding devices, each comprising transverse strips disposed one upon the other and having hooked upper and lower. edges respectively, said strips being adapted for slid-able movementone over the other, means for holding the strips at different points of their sliding movements, and holding-bolts passed through one strip and between mutually adjacent belts and having nuts for engagement with the sinner faces of of the belts to clamp them against the strips.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE \V. GILES.

\Vitnesses:

J. O. LAWRENCE, R. B. SELLS. 

